1. What Does Lent Mean to You?

    book
    03/21/22
    9 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Lent means that we do not have to look to ourselves but can look to our neighbor in love as Christ has loved us.
    What Does Lent Mean to You?

  2. Fearless Repentance

    book
    03/10/22
    13 mins
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    By Kevin Hale
    When we own up to our sin, our Father is not scandalized, and his response is not to reconsider his calling us.
    Fearless Repentance

  3. The Veil of Moses and the Face of Christ

    book
    03/07/22
    16 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    God is mercy. He was mercy then. He’s mercy now. God showed them His glory, if only a reflection, in the face of Moses.
    The Veil of Moses and the Face of Christ

  4. I Don't Have the Answers, But I Have Hope

    book
    02/28/22
    15 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    There is perhaps no better observation about the nature of anxiety and depression than its fundamental desire for avoidance.
    I Don't Have the Answers, But I Have Hope

  5. No Disguises

    book
    02/23/22
    14 mins
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    By Brad Soenksen
    I may feel today that the Lord has not found me, but in fact he has – he is intimately acquainted with all my ways.
    No Disguises

  6. Test the Spirits

    book
    02/09/22
    9 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    The language of faith speaks promise and persecution, hope and trial, victory and pain. The language of the world may well speak the former, but rarely the latter.
    Test the Spirits

  7. Mercy for the Mephibosheths

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    02/07/22
    23 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Mephibosheth’s story is a living parable of the gospel. It reeks of redemption, demonstrating precisely what Christ does for even the chiefest of sinners.
    Mercy for the Mephibosheths

  8. Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

    book
    01/27/22
    13 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
    Happily Waiting for My Faith to Die

  9. Jesus' Transfiguration and Disfiguration

    book
    01/24/22
    6 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    If we think God’s power, love and beauty are reserved merely for the glories of Transfiguration, then we have not understood the Father; we have not understood divine revelation.
    Jesus' Transfiguration and Disfiguration

  10. Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

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    01/21/22
    8 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.
    Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

  11. How Awesome Are Your Deeds!

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    01/20/22
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    God's power and works are awesome and cannot be stifled. His grace and mercy will be heard above the growls and howls of those who deny Christ Jesus is God and Savior
    How Awesome Are Your Deeds!

  12. Our Weekly Epiphany: Boring?

    book
    01/18/22
    15 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Here, robed in Word and Sacrament, is your King, infant though He be, come out of eternity into time to bring you out of time and into eternity.
    Our Weekly Epiphany: Boring?
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